Command-line tool

gitwatch

brew/gitwatch

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Watch a file or folder and automatically commit changes to a git repo easily

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install gitwatch

Automatically commit any changes made to a file or directory

gitwatch path/to/file_or_directory

Automatically commit changes and push them to a remote repository

gitwatch -r remote_name path/to/file_or_directory

Automatically commit changes and push them to a specific branch of a remote repository

gitwatch -r remote_name -b branch_name path/to/file_or_directory

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